condary to a wet (spinal) tap, hypotension, urinary retention, low back pain, meningitis, nerve injury, total spinal, and intravascular injection which may lead to seizures and cardiovascular collapse.
Total spinal anesthesia occurs when the normal epidural dose inadvertently enters the subarachnoid space. When this occurs, the patient immediately feels numbness of the lower portion of her body and legs and quickly becomes completely paralyzed if the effects spread up to the mid-brain. The patient will then experience
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